[CentOS] How do point releases work?

[Alex White]

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Steve Snyder wrote:
| I'm new to RHEL-like distros.
|
| When, say, CentOS 4.1 is released, will it simply be CentOS 4.0 +
released
| updates in new ISO images?  Or is it more than just the updated
packages
| integrated into the full distribution?
|
| Put another way, if my 4.0 installation is kept up to date with
YUM, will
| I basically have a 4.1 installation?
|
| Thanks.

If I'm not mistaken, how that functions is as follows. When the pack
of updates comes out for CentOS4 it's then noted as CentOS 4 U1
(update pack number 1). Which effectively makes your installation
CentOS 4.1

So yes, it works as you would imagine. If yum updates everything
(and you reboot your machine when a new kernel comes into place,
should one in fact come into place) then you are running CentoS 4.1

Sincerely

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